.\" Copyright (C) 2003, Tahir Hashmi .\" Copyright (C) 2007, Kartik Mistry .\" .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under .\" the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software .\" Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later .\" version. .\" .\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" and "executables" .\" are to be interpreted as the output of any document formatting or typesetting .\" system, including intermediate and printed output. .\" .\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT .\" ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS .\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more .\" details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with .\" this manual; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin .\" St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA .TH Ayttm 1 .SH NAME Ayttm \- Universal Instant Messaging client .SH SYNOPSIS .B ayttm [\fIoptions\fR]... .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Ayttm is an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several major instant messaging services from one simple program. Ayttm "Contacts" allow you to refer to several accounts of the same person from a single contact name, making it one of the cleanest and simplest clients to use. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Display help and exit .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Output version information and exit .TP \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-geometry\fR Set position of main window .TP \fB\-d, \fB\-\-config-dir\fR Specify configuration directory .TP \fB\-D, \fB-\-disable-server\fR Disable console message server .TP \fB\-c, \fB\-\-contact\fR Specify contact to send a message to via console server .TP \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-message\fR Specify the message to send via console server (Note: \-c and \-m must be used together) .SH DESCRIPTION \fBAyttm\fR is a unified multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to stay in touch with your contacts across multiple protocols through one conventient interface. .PP Currently \fBAyttm\fR supports AIM, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo!. A detailed list of features is available at: .br \fIhttp://ayttm.sourceforge.net/features.shtml\fR .SH FILES $(HOME)/.ayttm/accounts \- information about your accounts .br $(HOME)/.ayttm/contacts \- contact/buddy list .br $(HOME)/.ayttm/logs/ \- conversation logs .br $(HOME)/.ayttm/prefs \- preferences .SH FEEDBACK For submitting bug reports, patches, feature requests and support requests, please use the Sourceforge.net tracker for \fBAyttm\fR at \fIhttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77614\fR .PP Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the latest version of \fBAyttm\fR. Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed at each release, and if yours is out of date, the problem may already have been solved. .SH SEE ALSO Ayttm Home Page: \fIhttp://ayttm.sourceforge.net\fR .br Ayttm User Manual: \fIhttp://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ayttm-manual\fR .SH LICENCE This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. .PP This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but \fBWITHOUT ANY WARRANTY\fR; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. .PP You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA .SH AUTHORS The authors of \fBAyttm\fR are: .PP Colin Leroy Lead Developer .br Andy S. Maloney Code Monkey .br Philip S. Tellis Yahoo! .br Edward L. Haletky Windows Port .br Tahir Hashmi Manual, Doc. .br Siddhesh Poyarekar .PP This manpage was adapted from one written by Laurel Fan for \fBEveryBuddy\fR. .SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS \fBAyttm\fR is an heir of \fBEveryBuddy\fR (\fIhttp://www.everybuddy.com\fR). We would like to thank the EveryBuddy development team for their contribution. .PP Special thanks to Mark Spencer, initial creator of GAIM, for all of the tremendous support he has given.